Seen At 11: The Deliberate Technique Of Calorie Cycling
Anyone who’s ever tried to diet knows how tough it can be. Now there’s a different way to your count calories. It’s called “calorie cycling” and it might help you stay on track.
City Lawmaker Calls Big Drink Ban Proposal ‘Pointless’ And ‘Silly’
As Mayor Michael Bloomberg continues to tout his plan to ban over-sized sugary drinks in New York City, some city lawmakers are...
Mayor Bloomberg Releases The Rules Of The New Sugary Drink Crackdown
For the mayor, it’s a sugar smack down, and while he's not going to make people take a "sugarlizer" test, he is taking giant...
Palisades Center In West Nyack Goes Tobacco Free
It's one of more than a dozen malls owned Pyramid Management Group that is now 100 percent tobacco free, part of a new policy...
Here He Goes Again: Bloomberg Set To Ban All Sugary Drinks Over 16 Ounces
Every single menu in New York City could soon be getting a major overhaul if Mayor Michael Bloomberg has his way. The man behind...
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In Interest Of Safety, N.J. High School Requires Softball Infielders To Wear Facemasks
If a softball player gets hit by a pitch, then she heads to first base. But if she gets hit by a line drive, she may be headed to the hospital. One New Jersey school doesn’t want to take that risk, and is now requiring its softball players to wear protection.
Seen At 11: Nailing The Pain
Lying down on a bed of nails is an age-old therapy said to relax or energize you, to relieve pain or stress. The modern day version has replaced metal nails with plastic spikes.
Eye On New York: Concussion Concerns
New York Giants football legend and Hall of Famer Harry Carson has a warning to parents of athletes. Don’t ignore head injuries because concussions can have long-term consequences.
Bedford-Stuyvesant Prep H.S. Planning To Distribute Condoms To Students At Prom
Condoms might be considered commonplace in New York City high schools — just last year 680,000 were distributed to students — but a principal’s plan to make them available at the prom on June 7 is raising some eyebrows.
WCBS 880 Special Series: Bad Medicine – Part 12 – NYS Health Dept. Gets Retooled For Prescription Drug Abuse
Terry O’Leary, the new head of the New York State Health Department’s Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement, has his work cut out for him, retooling an agency to deal with the overprescribing of prescription painkillers.
New Jersey Assembly Approves Indoor Tanning Ban For Teens
The measure to ban indoor tanning outright for teenagers was approved 58-7 on Thursday, with 13 abstentions. It now heads to the Senate for consideration.
WCBS 880 Special Series: Bad Medicine – Part 11 – Undoing The Damage Of The Painkiller Push
Major pharmaceutical companies saw dollar signs when they first began to push doctors to freely prescribe powerful opiate-based painkillers for just about anything, WCBS 880′s Irene Cornell reported. Now there is a major public health crisis.
Seen At 11: New Technology May Help Reduce Snoring, Sleep Apnea
Snoring can be loud and disruptive, it can make your partner miserable, and it can also be a sign of a serious breathing disorder. Sleep apnea can cause a person to temporarily stop breathing, it affects millions but a new treatment may silence the snoring.
WCBS 880 Special Series: Bad Medicine – Part 10 – Mother Distrusts Doctors After Son’s Overdose Death
Maria Basmas just experienced her first Mother’s Day without her son Christopher. He died in October after overdosing on prescription painkillers. He was only 29-years-old.
